The Game of “Fax Machine” is played like this. Person #1 writes a description. This description is handed to person #2 who does their best to draw the description. There are a few rules. The drawer must not write the words of their description in the drawing. There is a time limit of one minute to complete the drawing. The game ends when the ‘fax’ returns to its originator. The winner is determined by how closely last image resembles the original message. The prize is granted to the originator of the ‘fax’.

Original description: The Titanic in the desert.

Which was drawn as:

Interpreted as: The Titanic crashing in a desert.

Drawn as:

Interpreted as: J. Cameron’s “Titanic” staged on-location in the Gobi Desert

Drawn as:

Interpreted as: Filming of the Titanic

Drawn as:

Interpreted as: James Cameron’s film “Titanic

Drawn as:

Interpreted as: Filming a scene from Titanic

Drawn as:

Interpreted by the originator as: James Cameron Directing Titanic

CLAW invites you to join them at King’s Books in an exciting game of Fax Machine. What is Fax Machine? Well you will need to bring a sketch book that has several available pages to utilize. You will write something on the first page and pass it to the person on your left and then on the next page they will try and draw it in a limited amount of time. They will then pass it to the left and that person then writes down what they interpret it to be on the next page and so on and so on. Pretty easy, the person who’s turns out to be the closest at the end wins. And what do they win Bob? You’ll have to come to see.

The next Open Swim Wednesday, August 28th at King’s Books from 7:30 – 9:30pm.
This is a FREE EVENT. The public at large is invited to attend and draw.
Share this event with your friends via our Facebook Event.

The Theme: Draw a member of the CLAW as your favorite zombie hunter, using a local backdrop chosen from a list of locations- The locations will be posted and known prior to the contest, but the order of choice will be by number drawn. Not so bad- unless you’re last. Then you might end up with the LOBSTER SHOP as your location. And another randomizing factor? The weapon your zombie hunter will use will be DRAWN FROM A HAT. That’s right. Will your hunter draw a shotgun? An axe? Or, maybe- ….a HERRING? No one will know until the fateful evening of the 28th. Oh, prizes? Yes- there are PRIZES!

First prize- two weekend passes to QZ-CON 2013!
Second prize- one Saturday-only pass to QZ-CON
Third prize– an official ZOMBIE HUNTER challenge coin!
Fourth prize- well, there isn’t a fourth prize- unless we have more than ten participants. (then there will be a fourth prize worthy of the title.)
All entries receive a FREE entry into the QZ-CON art show!

Locations (may be interior or exterior, if applicable -name of location used must be written on the drawing) :
1. Old City Hall
2. Union Station3. Frost Park Chalk-Off
4. Dorky’s
5. The Tacoma Totem Pole
6. The Le May Museum
7. The Java Jive
8. The Elks Club Wal-Mart
9. The BNSF rail yard
10. The LINK
11. AMOCAT Cafe
12. The Theatre District
13. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge
14. The Tacoma Narrows Airport
15. The Tacoma Dome
16. Fergie’s on the Ave
17. Sixth Ave
Oh, and: 18. FREE SPACE (your choice of anything not listed)